T0N2M0 stage 3a lung cancer (my Dad)

Hi Trigglet0965ca44  welcome to the group but sorry to hear about your dad. 
TMO is the staging of cancer. 

1. T (Tumor):

   Indicates the size and extent of the primary tumor. T0: No evidence of a primary tumor, or the tumor has responded completely to treatment. 
   

   N (Node):
   Describes whether the cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes. 

   N2: Metastasis to lymph nodes on the same side of the chest as the primary tumour, often in the mediastinum or near the windpipe branches. 
   M (Metastasis):

   Indicates if the cancer has spread to distant parts of the body. 

   M0: No distant metastasis

So dad has lymph nodes that are affected but it hasn’t spread to other parts of the body. No one is able to say what your dad’s prognosis is. Everyone’s cancer is different, and everyone reacts differently to treatment. The only person that is able to answer that for you is your dad’s oncologist. But the good news is there are so many treatments for lung cancer now, and so many people are living much longer lives on treatment. 

Once you know what treatment your dad is having someone here will be able to share their experience with you. Hopefully you will not have to wait too long to see the oncologist. 

Thankyou so much for your input it’s greatly appreciated and helped me. God bless. 

Hi, I know how tough this is. My husband is 64 and has inoperable stage 3b lung cancer. He has completed 6 weeks of concurrent radiotherapy and chemotherapy. He has also been able to stop taking the dexamethasone steroids. It is 4 weeks since his treatment stopped and he is just so tired all the time. In fact that was his only side effect from the treatment which was remarkable! To give you some positivity his oncologist told us her aim was to cure! We will back to see them next week for scan results and hopefully a plan for immunotherapy. Keep thinking positive thoughts and the future will look after itself. 

I'd like to add to what Life5f7c7c said.  I was re-staged at 3a after my lung cancer recurred in 2 mediastinal nodes, and they said it was then inoperable.  However, I had chemo and radiotherapy concurrently (had to stop the chemo after only 2 rounds), but my oncologist had said she was "going for a cure".  It was the first time I'd heard those words.  That was in March/April 2019, and then I had a year's immunotherapy (Durvalumab) and here I still am, now discharged from further surveillance because there has been no further recurrence in 5 years.  Hope this adds to your hope, Triggle0965ca44. Best wishes to your Dad. 

Pamela Anne thank you for your words of encouragement, you have made my day x

Thankyou so much, your words have made me feel a lot more open minded. God bless 

Thankyou so much for your story, I’m feeling a lot more hopeful and positive. God bless.